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Plant Breeding Books

Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding, 2nd Edition

Author: George Acquaah

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP309

Topics: Plant Genetics, plant Breeding, population genetics, quantitative genetics, reproductive systems, allogamy, hybridization, clonal propagation, germplasm, Plant domestication, Plant genetic resources, morphological traits, Breeding self-pollinated species, Breeding cross-pollinated species, Breeding hybrid cultivars, Breeding clonally propagated species, molecular breeding, molecular markers, genes mapping, Molecular genetic modifications, genome-wide genetics, Seed certification, commercial seed release, International plant breeding efforts, Breeding selected crops, breeding wheat, breeding corn, breeding rice, breeding sorghum, breeding, soybean, breeding peanut, breeding potato, breeding cotton, breeding tomato, breeding cucumber, breeding roses

Genetics and breeding

Author: GO Okagbare

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP309

Topics: Genetics, breeding, Cell Organisation, cell division, heredity, inheritance, Breeding Self-Pollinated Crops, crop breeding methods, Breeding Cross-Pollinated Crops, Breeding Asexually-Pollinated Crops, Animal Breeding

Plant Growth And Development

Author: Godwin Adu Alhassan

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: CRP502

Topics: Plant Growth, plant Development, seed germination, Juvenility, Senescence, plant translocation, plant respiration, plant water stress, Plant Growth Stages-Induction, Sigmoid Growth Curve, Photosynthesis, Plant Growth, Growth Regulators, Auxins, Gibberellins, Cytokinins, Plant Growth Measurements, plant Growth Analysis, crop Growth Rate, Seed Dormancy, Sexual Reproduction-Seed Development, Vegetative Propagation, Flower Bud Initiation, Flower Bud Differentiation, plant death, Relative Growth Rate

Plant biotechnology

Author: Adrian Slater, Nigel Scott, Mark Fowler

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: CRP305

Topics: Plant biotechnology, plant genomes, plant tissue culture, plant cell culture media, plant growth regulators, callus, cell-suspension cultures, protoplast, root cultures, shoot tip, meristerm culture, embryo culture, microspore culture, clean gene technology, gene manipulation, herbicide resistance, pest resistance, plant disease resistance, plant-pathogen interactions, natural disease resistance pathways, antimicrobial proteins, RNA viruses, abiotic stress, fruit ripening genetic manipulation, engineering plant protein composition, molecular farming, carbohydrate production, pharming, lipid metabolic engineering, medically related proteins, transgenic crops

Plant Hormones and Plant Tropism

Author: BIO FUNAAB

School: Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Department: Science and Technology

Course Code: BIO103

Topics: Plant Hormones, Plant Tropism, phytohormones, plant hormones, Signal Transduction Pathway, Gibberellins, auxin, Cytokinins, Ethylene, Abscisic Acid, Strigolactones, Salicylic acid, Brassinosteroids, Jasmonates, Phototropism, Gravitropism, Geotropism, Thigmotropism, Photoperiodism

Plant Adaptations Introduction and Ecological Classification of Plants

Author: BOT UI

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Science and Technology

Course Code: BOT121

Topics: Plant Adaptations, Hydrophytes, Xerophytes, Mesophytes, plant adaptations, Hydrophytic Adaptations, Xerophytic Adaptations

Animal Breeding and Livestock Improvement

Author: CE Isidahomen

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP507

Topics: Animal Breeding, Livestock Improvement, breeding systems, Performance testing and progeny testing, molecular markers, Variable number tandem repeat, Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms, Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA, Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, Identifying molecular markers, Gel electrophoresis, DNA tests, segregation analysis, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, genetic screening, genetic mapping population

Introduction to Genetics and Breeding

Author: M Kabir

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP312

Topics: Genetics, Breeding, Chromosomes, heredity, DNA, RNA, Genetic code, Mendelism, inheritance, Mendelian genetics, Mendelian Inheritance, Heritability, Quantitative inheritance, qualitative inheritance, Animal variation, breeding methods, gene action

Plant Physiology, Development and Metabolism

Author: Satish Bhatla, Manju Lal

School: University of Ilorin

Department: Science and Technology

Course Code: PLB304

Topics: plant water relations, plant mineral nutrition, water transport, solute transport, metabolism, photosynthesis, photoassimilate translocation, respiration, ATP synthesis, light perception, transduction, plant growth regulators, auxin, cytokinin, gibberellin, abscisic acid, ethylene, brassinosteroids, jasmonic acid, signal perception, Embryogenesis, Vegetative Growth, Organogenesis, Pollination, Fertilization, Seed Development, flowering, fruit development, ripening, seed dormancy, seed germinations, plant movement, senescence, programmed cell death, stress physiology, abiotic stress, biotic stress, applied plant physiology, secondary metabolites

Crop Genetics and Breeding

Author: Lateef Lekan bello

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: CRP305

Topics: Crop Genetics, crop Breeding, plant cell, cell division, mitosis, Gametogenesis, meiosis, fertilization, gene, Mendel's Experiment, Law of Inheritance, Qualitative traits, Quantitative Traits, Heritability, Self Incompatibility, Male Sterility, Pure-line Selection, Mass Selection, Hybridization, Hybrid Varieties Development, Seed Production, seed Distribution

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